The European Union has already prepared a list of tariffs worth €21 billion on US goods if the two sides fail to reach a trade deal, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.

Excavation work is due to commence at the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.

US President Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine, adding they are necessary to defend the country.

Securing the renewal of the UN's peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon for another year will be "challenging and complex", according to a briefing note which will be brought to Cabinet tomorrow by Tánaiste Simon Harris.

More than 2,100 pubs across the country have closed since 2005, according to a new report.